History
The Langen Foundation was founded by Viktor and Marianne Langen, who over decades assembled an extensive collection of East Asian art. Their goal was to create a place where art, architecture, and landscape could enter into a dialogue and be experienced by visitors.
The idea for the Langen Foundation emerged in close collaboration with Karl Heinrich Müller, who shaped the vision of an open cultural space in Hombroich – a place where art, architecture, and landscape could be experienced in harmony. For the planning of a dedicated museum building, the Langens enlisted the Japanese architect Tadao Ando, whose clear, light-filled architecture places the artworks in a harmonious dialogue with light, space, and nature.
The Langen Foundation opened its doors in 2004 on the grounds of the former Raketenstation Hombroich in Neuss. Since then, it has presented the collection of Viktor and Marianne Langen in rotating exhibitions, alongside displays of contemporary art, allowing visitors to experience the diversity of the collection as well as the unique relationship between architecture and landscape.
Today, the Langen Foundation is not only a museum but also a place of encounter, education, and reflection, where the founders’ vision remains alive: art as an experience that inspires and opens the senses.
